Unitards. Those Miami Unis were THE WORST...
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One thing I will never do is question Miami's ability to be the cool place for recruits to go.
You ever see the letters Miami sends out to players? They are so distinguished, as are many of the great recruiting schools out there. Unlike Rutgers' recruiting letters that go out, which are among the most boring uninspiring mail merge I've ever seen.
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Their uni's looked great. What are you talking about?
Both looked great actually
Both looked great actually
Liked the Miami uniforms as well. Nice contrast to the all black from Cincinnati.
I'm not at all impressed with their disorganized mess of a "letter". But I'm also not a 17 yr old...One thing I will never do is question Miami's ability to be the cool place for recruits to go.
You ever see the letters Miami sends out to players? They are so distinguished, as are many of the great recruiting schools out there. Unlike Rutgers' recruiting letters that go out, which are among the most boring uninspiring mail merge I've ever seen.
Miami's letter is perfect for the target audience. Of course a bunch of predominantly middle aged white guys in NJ aren't going to think it's all that great.
But that letter is a message driven masterpiece.
Ours looks like a solicitation for a donation to the Elks Club
But that letter is a message driven masterpiece.
Ours looks like a solicitation for a donation to the Elks Club
That's the problem in a nutshell. Need to know who the audience is. If I'm trying to recruit a hot shot 17 year old, Miami has it right. If I'm sending a cover letter for a premiums check to my insurance agent, then for something like that I like the RU letter style.
Know your audience.
Miami nailed it.
That said, I would think a formal letter from say Notre Dame or Stanford would be up there as well. Rutgers just doesn't have the juice for it.
Miami nailed it.
That said, I would think a formal letter from say Notre Dame or Stanford would be up there as well. Rutgers just doesn't have the juice for it.
I think this is a good point.
You have to know two things:
1. Who are we? what is our brand? And what messages reinforce that brand?
2. Who is our target audience?
We recruit Florida hard. This type of letter works with that audience. It works in the NJ metro area.
I think Notre Dame or Stanford (to borrow your examples) can play to a more understated, classic branding. But they have a century of athletic and academic excellence to back that up.
Upstarts need to take risks when trying to break into the big boy conversation.
If our current letter is a 1 and Miami's is a 10 on the flash scale, our perfect opportunity is probably in the 7/8 range.
For example, the whole 305 area code thing wouldn't play up here. And obviously we don't have 5 trophies to put on the thing. But we could weave some of the messages we sell recruits into the letter in a graphically pleasing way.
CHOP
The Birthplace
FAMILY
etc.
Clearly, these conversations we're not had before settling on the letter that does go out. That's my biggest problem with the post Schiano era. There is no attention to detail whatsoever. And I would think an offer is not just some mundane detail. A lot of effort should have gone into making it an appropriate correspondence for the audience and something that might inspire them to pick Rutgers. It's the one thing they have to look at over and over again next to comparabl correspondences from the competition. There needs to be better organization and more thoughtful people involved in the organization. It is silly for us to ever criticize how Miami shapes its image. They could write a book on it.
This is sad. We need Schiano back.One thing I will never do is question Miami's ability to be the cool place for recruits to go.
You ever see the letters Miami sends out to players? They are so distinguished, as are many of the great recruiting schools out there. Unlike Rutgers' recruiting letters that go out, which are among the most boring uninspiring mail merge I've ever seen.
King High nailed it. The attention to detail both on the field and off the field seems to have slipped with the present coaching staff.
I will add that the words "therefore" and "contingent upon" should be nowhere found in a f****** recruiting letter haha
got a shot like this of Miami from the back? not talking about the style, but the quality.Their uni's looked great. What are you talking about?
Both looked great actually
FINE...I'll TAKE THE FRIGGIN JOB
I want a corner office, a Pine Valley membership and a $1,200 a month car allowance
Make it happen
Do we know what Schiano's scholarship letter looked like? I'm not saying Miami's doesn't kick ours *** but I doubt we had a really cool one and then decided to make it boring just because. It's probably the same stock letter.
One thing I will never do is question Miami's ability to be the cool place for recruits to go.
You ever see the letters Miami sends out to players? They are so distinguished, as are many of the great recruiting schools out there. Unlike Rutgers' recruiting letters that go out, which are among the most boring uninspiring mail merge I've ever seen.
Daniels has still not chosen a college. A ton of great offers including 6 from The B1G.RU has not offered him.Let's do it. Where there is life there's hope. Not realistic but who knows. What can it hoit?(yeah I'm from Joisey)
Except that it is the official offer letter. I know that because it says so, explicitly.
Did the Ducks have a little brother and then ship them to Miami.Their uni's looked great. What are you talking about?
Both looked great actually